4 Barriers that make life difficult

First barrier would be students internet access. First semester of teaching was extremely easy for the students to complete their assignments online, the second semester they are overwhelmed with how many projects they have to create online and what teacher would be available to stay after school so they could have access to the internet. Second barrier I would have to say is the network guidelines. There were so many times I remember wanting to search a topic in class and lightspeed wouldn't allow it, and to be honest we don't have the extra minute to submit a request to allow us to view the sight because we have a limited time with our students in the classrooms. A third barrier is just the environment we work in. So many students in that school had so much trouble taking responsibility for their netbooks. I had students who would break it on purpose just so they wouldn't have to use it during class, others would forget their netbooks at home, some netbooks were taken from students my their PARENTS so they could browse the internet at home. The last barrier and a difficult one to get by is the apps available for us, the limited time we have to use them, and the cost to keep them. I was using Glogster one semester and it gave me and the students only 30 days to work with it of course in ELA that means you have time for one big project. The cost to keep it for 160 students was over 200 dollars. I also have trouble looking for apps that work well with ELA, now I know of plenty of apps that other teachers have used and seen how they work for their subject, it just gets a bit frustrating after a while trying to find one that align with the TEKS in ELA.